I can't help it. If I was building a Eroica bike, I'd make a "sleeper" bike. Something with a lot of patina (scrapes, scratches, faded paint, etc), something that would not be recognized as high end/special, a frankenbike build wise, just a bunch of parts I like that play well together. Something Japanese for sure, as the bike snobs prefer Italian. Lots of scratches and scrapes, yet standard parts sizing so you could build up with almost anything.

Example 1: 1973 World Voyageur
[IMG]1973 Schwinn World Voyageur - 3 by wrk101, on Flickr[/IMG]


[IMG]1973 Schwinn World Voyageur - 2 by wrk101, on Flickr[/IMG]


Started as this:

[IMG]1973 Schwinn World Voyageur B4 - 1 by wrk101, on Flickr[/IMG]